Japanese diva's bad gaffe

Japanese pop diva Kumi Koda has apologised after saying women over 35 had "rotten" fluid in their wombs, sparking a furore that led a cosmetics maker to suspend advertisements featuring her.

Speaking on a radio programme, Koda, a 25-year-old pop idol famed for her cute and sexy look, said that her manager should have children soon for the sake of the mother's amnion, the part of the womb that protects an embryo.

"Mothers' amnion fluid is rotten once they turn around 35," she said. "I mean it. It gets dirty."